Vegetable-cutter.



PATENTBD MAR. 6, 1906. J. S. URBAN.

VEGETABLE CUTTER. APPLICATION FILED MAY2o.1905.

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J. S. URBAN.

VEGETABLE GUTTER. APPLIUATION FILED Muze. 1905.

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PATENT OFFICE.

INDIANA, Assienon on INDIANA.

VEGETABLE-CUTTER.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented March 6, 1906.

Application filed May 20, 1905. Serial No. 261,475.

T all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH SYLvnsTER URBAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Vegetable- Cutters, and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. A

Figure l is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is afragmentary sectional view through the feed casing and showing the rotary knife-wheel. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4, Fig. 3. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of the knife-wheel.

The invention has relation to vegetablecutters, and it consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, the letter a designates the horizontal base of the frame having standards b, to which are attached skirting guardboards c. To the upper portion of the frame is attached a knife-guard d. The rear of the frame is provided with a detachable feedway e, extending horizontally and having a hinged standard j, which is provided with guideways g for a slide-weight 7L.

The knife 7c is wheel form and rotary, being provided with oblique cutting-blades m tangent to the hub portion. The knife is keyed to a shaft s, which is operated by means of a belt or chain 1 from a power-wheel p, or the wheel p may be provided with a crank for turning by hand. The belt r engages a pulley t on the shaft j, said pulley being smaller than the power-wheel in order that the knife shall have a rapid movement. The iiy-wheel u is also keyed on the shaft f.

The feedway e is located in rear of the knife and laterally with respect to the frame in order that its mouth shall be immediately adjacent to the path of the cutting-blades m. The bottom of the feedway is provided with beveled or sloping sides n, which are designed to gather the work under the cutting action of the knife. The feedway is provided with a follower-block u, having beveled lower corners to fit the bevel or slope n of the feedway.

Between the guideways g is the slide-block 7L, having a suspending-cord 3, which extends over a pulley 2 at the rear end of the feedway and forward for attachment to the back of the follower-block u. This follower-block is provided also with laterally-extending arms o, which project through horizontal slots 4 in the sides of the feedway. To these arms are attached cords 5, which pass over pulleys 6 at the front of the feedway and from said pulleys extend downward for attachment to retracting-springs 7, connected to the frame. The top of the feedway is provided with asliding cover 8.

A cabbage or other vegetable being placed in the feedway is fed toward the knife by the follower u, operated by the retracting-springs through the cords 5. The knife being at the same time rotated, the vegetable is cut by the blades, the slice or slices being discharged through the openings in the knife and falling into a receiver. The feed stops automatically when the arms of the follower-block have moved forward to the position of the lateral pulleys 6. The slide-block h serves as a rest for the foot in moving the follower-block back to starting position.

The cutting-blades m of the wheel-knife are shown as pivoted or hinged at m', each knife having adjusting-screws m2 m3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A vegetable-cutter having a rotary knife, and a guard-casing provided with a lateral opening, a detachable lateral feed casing fitting in said opening, and having a hinged support provided with grooves, said feedcasing having horizontal guide-slots, front and rear pulleys, afollower-block in said feedcasing having lateral arms engaging said guide-slots, retracting-springs having connections to said lateral arms passing over the front pulleys and connected at each side to l In testimony whereof I aflix my signature the bottom of said hinged support, and a in presence of two Witnesses. foot-pressure device Working in the grooves of said hinged support and having a suspen- JOSEPH SYLVESTER URBAN 5 sion-cold' passing over the rear pulley and Witnesses:

connected to the follower-block, substan- MART HEITKAM,

tially as speeiled.l WM C. SMooK. 

